Verbal Semantics in a Tibeto-Burman Language: The Bodo Verb

by Prafulla Basumatary

Overview

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive description of the verbal system of Bodo, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India, particularly Assam. The book provides a thorough description of the Bodo verb that will be comprehensive enough to be of use to Tibeto-Burmanists, language typologists and those teaching the language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787073395
Publisher:	Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	06/30/2017
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics , #42
Edition description:	New
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prafulla Basumatary is a linguist who was awarded his PhD in 2015 from Gauhati University, Assam, India. He won the University Grants Commission – Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Award for his doctoral research during 2008–2013. He has carried out extensive fieldwork for the documentation and archiving of Bodo, of which he is a native speaker. Currently he is a guest faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, Gauhati University, with specializations in multilingual education, linguistic field methods, and training in linguistic software.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Language and People – Literature Review – The Verb Root – The Verb Stem – Verbal Inflections – Complex Verbal Constructions – Clausal Constructions – Pedagogy and the Bodo Verb – Concluding Statement.

Editorial Reviews

«Basumatary’s detailed analysis and exposition of the verbal system of Bodo is a milestone in Tibeto-Burman linguistics. We have no comparable study for any Tibeto-Burman language of India. This is a major contribution to comparative Tibeto-Burman and should serve as a model for scholars describing other languages.» — Scott DeLancey, Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon

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